156 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



'd.]ni 7 0, oau(l» rectr. rned. 7'(), ext. 4'5. Fern. Fumoso- 

 nigra, xneo vix tincta ; pileo hrunneo; subtus brunnca, 

 medialiter albicantior ; cri.s.so dorso concolore ; rostro 

 et podibus nigris : long, tota 11*0^ alse 5"30, caudse 5*0. 

 Hab. Coast-region of South-Atlantic States: Texas and 

 Belize. 



Mus. P. L. S. ct S.-O. 



3. QuiSCALUS MACRURUS. 



Qiuscalus macrourus, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 291); Bp. Consp. 

 p. 424; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 554; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 800 (Cordova, Mcx.), et 1858, p. ?>58 (Honduras) ; Scl. 

 et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20 (Guatemala), 180 1, p. 175 (City of 

 Mexico), 1870, p. 837 (Honduras) ; Nomencl. p. 38 ; Taylor, 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 112; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 141; Cassin, Pr' Ac. 

 Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 419; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38. 



Chalcophanes macrourus, Cab. Mus. Ilcin. p. 196, et J. f. O. 

 186], p. 82 (Costa Rica). 



Quiscalus major, var. macrurus, Baird, Brew., ct Ridgw. 

 B. N. A. ii. p. 225 ; Lavvr. Mem. Jio.ston Soc. N. H. ii. p. 281 

 (North-west Mcx.). 



Nitide atropurpureus, in dorso et ventre lino in ieneura transi- 

 ens ; alis caudaque nigris senco lavatis ; rostro et pedibus 

 nigris: long, tota 17*0, alse 7*9, caudae rectr. med. 8"8, 

 ext. 5*3. Fern. Nigricanti-brunnea, in dorso et alis ex- 

 tus tenco tincta; subtus dilutior, fumoso-bruuiiea, crisso 

 nigricaiitc : long, tota 13"0, alaj 60, cuudjc 6'5. 

 Hub. Mexico and Guatemala : Real del Monte [Swains.) ; 

 Orizaba (7io//en); Oaxaca; Vera Paz and Ducaas {Salvin). 

 Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



4. QuiSCALUS ASSIMILIS, 



Quisculus peruvianus, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 353 (1838); 

 Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 413('0. 



Quisculus assimilis, Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; Cassin, Pr. 

 Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 310; Scl. ct Salv. Nomencl. p. 38; 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 330 (Colombia) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. p. 323 

 et p. 751 (Western Peru). 



Quisculus mncrurus?, Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 191 (V'cragua). 



